noun
- The plural of enfeoffment; the act of investing someone with a fief or fee; the transfer of a freehold estate in land.
Usage: archaic; legal/historical; primarily used in historical and legal contexts relating to feudal property transfer
Examples
- Medieval enfeoffments transferred land ownership from lords to vassals.
- The historical records documented several enfeoffments made during the reign of King John.
- Legal scholars studied the enfeoffments to understand feudal property rights.
- These enfeoffments established the vassal's claim to the estate.
- The ceremony of enfeoffments involved symbolic delivery of the land.